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The city's School District is facing a budget shortfall, and is looking to the City Council for help.

The School Committee discussed the $3.5 million dollar gap Monday, most of which lies in salaries and pay-outs to retired employees

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The City Council's Finance Committee approves about $4 million worth of transfers from free cash to various city departments, including the school system.

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The School Committee's plan to create an Innovation school in New Bedford may be headed for a court fight. 

Lou St. John, the head of the New Bedford Educators Association says he's talking with attorney's for the Mass

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One week before it takes a crucial vote on the subject, New Bedford's School Committee heard public input on Innovation Schools for a final time.

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New Bedford's School Committee spent this week travelling to districts in Chicago, Memphis, and Attleboro, conducting reports on the former employers of its superintendent candidates.

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The New Bedford School Committee is just five days away from selecting a new superintendent of schools. 

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New Bedford's Superintendent interviews continued Tuesday with outgoing Attleboro Superintendent Pia Durkin.

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New Bedford School officials report this year's school budget is $3 million in the red.  School Committee Vice-Chair Dr. Lawrence Finnerty says the discrepancy was discovered in November, and officials are now wrestling with how to close the gap

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More time is needed before a vote on Innovation schools. That was the determination of New Bedford's School Committee Tuesday, which voted to postpone the decision from January 14th to a future date.

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A search firm tasked with finding candidates for a new superintendent in the city has been hired.

Future Management Systems Inc. has been hired by the New Bedford School Committee, and is expected to bring in a wide variety of candidates from all over the country with an interest in filling the vacancy

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